Class 5 began Term 2 in Ancient Egypt.

The children worked really well on their Ancient Egyptian main lesson and produced some wonderful writing, developing their editing skills and finding interesting facts about this fascinating culture. We retold the story of Isis and Osirus in narrative form. With Renee we wrote an imagined diary entry from the point of view of a slave.

This was balanced with painting, modelling clay Egyptian ‘artifacts’ and even playing Egyptian style music on the recorder. In woodwork with Gill we made Egyptian Senet board games

We then had an informative week of botany which was inspired by our Botany field trip. We went to the wetlands boardwalk, followed by a walk from Lights Beach to Lake Williams for a picnic, as well as a visit to observe the bees at the honey meadery.

We were really grateful to the adults who came along and gave of their time for us. They shared their skills and knowledge and we wrote thankyou letters to show our appreciation.

For the excursion and in the classwork following, we learned this poem as we observed and wondered at the amazing features of the plants in the world around us.

To Look at Any Thing

By John Moffitt

To look at any thing,

If you would know that thing,

You must look at it long:

To look at this green and say,

“I have seen spring in these

Woods,” will not do—you must

Be the thing you see:

You must be the dark snakes of

Stems and ferny plumes of leaves,

You must enter in

To the small silences between

The leaves,

You must take your time

And touch the very peace

They issue from.